Clothes wringer



Dec, 16, 1924.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN' N. GOULD, OF FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. B. FOOTE FOUNDBY COIPANY, OF FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO, A

CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. GoULD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fredericktown, in the county of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes wringers, it particularly relating to a wringer of the quick releasable type.

An object of my invention is to devise a' wringer which will be simple in construction, economical in manufacture and effective in operation.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to provide for utilizing the feed board of the wringer for applying tension to the rolls and for quickly. releasing the tension.

In the accompanying drawings Figa 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a top lan view.

Fig. 3 is an en elevation.

F Fig. 4 is a section on thel line 4-4 of Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 5 with some of the parts removed showing the feed board in releasing posi-tion.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the interenga-ging parts between the feed board and spring cage.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary portion of the feed board.

Refermfng to the drawings, 1 represents the base of the -frame having at each end an upwardly extending open-top housing, 2 and 3, preferably formed integrally therewith; the base and its housin being preferably formed in halvessecure togeth-l er by bolts 4.'

7he lower roll 5 of the wringer has its shaft 6 projected through openings in the inner walls of the housings and loosely mounted upon the ends of this shaft with- -in the housings are the hubs 7 of two lever members, the arms 8 of each of which-preject in opposite directions through slotted openings 9 in the front and rear walls of the housings and have secured thereto wooden strips 10; these levers and the connecting strips constituting the feed board of the wringer. These hubs act as bearings for the lower roll when the machine is in operation.

The upper roll 11 has the respective ends of its shaft 12 projecting throu h slotted openings 13 in the inner side wa ls of the respective housings and also through slotted openings 14 of aspring cage 15, slidably mounted in each housing. This shaft, as.

well as the shaft of the lower roll, is also projected through one bf the outer side wall of the housing 3, asshown in Fig. 1, so as to be equipped with the usual driving gears (not shown). Each end of the shaft 12 is journaled in afloating bearing 16 located in the lower end of the corresponding sprin cage having an upwardly rojecting boss 1 to receive the lower end ci) a coil spring 18, the upper end of the spring receiving .the boss of a plate 19 which is engaged by a thumb-screw 2O threaded in the upper end of the cage whereby the tension of the spring may be adjusted. Each cage 15 has side walls but is preferably open at the front and rear and the extreme lower end of each of these side walls is provided with an inwardly projecting lug 21 having rounded upper surface. The hub of each cf the feed board levers has an enlargement or boss 22 projecting upwardly with the 11pper edge thereof provided with laterallyextending curved projections 23, the under surface of which is provided with a central, rounded, shallow recess 23, the approaches to wh-ich are inclined, as indicated at 23". In operation, the feed board is swu to a horizontal position to cause the beve led projections 23 to ride over the projections 21 of the spring cage and lock the same against upward movement as' shown in Fig. 5, thus confining the spring between the upper roll `and the top of the spring cage so that any upward movement of the upper roll will be against the tension of the springs. To quickly release the upper roll, the board will be tllted to either side such as shown in Fig. v6 to cause the projections 23 to ride olf the projections 21 which releases the spring cages and relieves the tension of the springs.

` A water drain board 24 is pivotally con nected with the walls of the housings beneath the feed board and can beswung to oneside or the other to receive the drippings from the rolls.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a wringer of the character described,a main frame having end housings, a stationary roll having its shaft carried in the walls of said housing, a l,movable roll also having its shaft carried in the walls of .said housing, a spring cage located in each housing witha spring lbetween the vupper enld thereof and the shaft of the movable ro a shaftv o the stationary roll, and interengaging parts between said feed board and said cagesvfor confining said cages against move- 7 ment when said board is in normal working 'position and releasing said cages when said board is tilted out of normal position.

2. In a wri er of the character described,` a main rame having end housings, a stationary roll having its shaft sup rted in' the walls of said housings, a movab e roll, 'movable bearings insaid housings for said movable roll, a spring cage'located in each housing with a spring therein located between the upper end of the e and the bearing of the movable roll, `a pivoted feed board arranged on the shaft of the stationaryrollanda edtoactasabearing for said roll and llnterengaging parte bepivoted feed board arranged on the,v

frame, an upper roll, a vertically movable y spring supporting member at each end of said roll, a coil spring pressed by each sup porting member against the upper roll, said springs being confined at their upper ends by said supporting members and normally arranged to exert pressure at their lower ends upon said upper roll, a movable manually operated device, and interengaging means between the lower end of said spring supporting members and said manuallyoperated device whereby, when said device is moved to one position, said Supporting members are engaged therewith to apply pressure to said springsA and when said device is moved to another position said supporting members are entirely released therefremito relieve the upper roll from the pres- -sure of said springs.

In testimon whereof, I have hereunto set my hand t 's 29th day of Au st, 1921.

1 JOHN N. OULD. 

